Who’s first
Which newsrooms break stories first, and how far behind the rest are.
| Newsroom | First | Share of firsts | Stories | First rate | Typically behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yahoo Sports | 119 | 319 | 37% | 3.2 hr | |
| Sky Sports | 47 | 96 | 49% | 5 hr | |
| The Athletic | 40 | 180 | 22% | 11.4 hr | |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | 29 | 37 | 78% | 1 day | |
| New York Post | 27 | 110 | 25% | 8.9 hr | |
| The Age | 26 | 35 | 74% | 1 day | |
| Brisbane Times | 25 | 35 | 71% | 1 day | |
| WAtoday | 25 | 35 | 71% | 1 day | |
| The Independent | 19 | 70 |
How it’s counted
- A story counts once three or more newsrooms have run it. Each newsroom is placed by its own earliest report, using its published time.
- Typically behind is the median gap between a newsroom’s report and the first one, on the stories where it wasn’t first.
- Only the 224 newsrooms and official sources we read are counted, and a newsroom needs five stories to be ranked. Publish times are the newsrooms’ own; some update them after the fact.
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